The Ex and Her Riches

Chapter 184

He had asked Swain to hurry back to the training facility and find Yohannes, but Swain had yet to return.

Maverick knew his own body, and he probably wouldn’t be able to hold on until Gwendolyn came home from dinner.

Is this really how I’m going to die?

He was unwilling to accept it, yet he was powerless to change it.

As of now, he did not even have the strength to write a farewell letter.

Earlier, that had been the first time Gwendolyn had hugged him since the divorce.

No, she wasn’t hugging me. She was only patting my head.

Charles was right. In the end, Gwendolyn saw Maverick as nothing more than a pet.

She no longer loved him.

As Maverick pondered on this, his consciousness gradually grew hazy, and there were black spots in his vision.

“Gwendolyn…”

I’ll give you my life, Gwendolyn, but can you give me your love in return?

Resigned to his fate, he closed his eyes and let his arms hang limply at his sides. He looked serene.

All was tranquil around him.

Apart from the curtains rustling in the breeze, the only other noise in the room was the sound of blood dripping from his fingertips onto the floor, one drop at a time.

In the car, Gwendolyn suddenly felt a sharp, intense pain in her heart.

She pressed a hand to her chest, her delicate face turning pale from the pain.

Charles noticed that something was off with her and quickly asked, “Gwen, what’s wrong? Are you unwell?”

He leaned forward, wanting to help her.

him. After taking a

feel pain in my chest all of a

illnesses, and

haven’t been sleeping well for the last couple of days.

icy

darkened gaze and continued to show his

listening

herself thinking about how pale and

been acting

me all those odd questions, such as whether I’d remember

sounded like a dying patient who could not accept his own

her thoughts,

by the wrist before she left the house earlier and the warning he had given

man. There may be secrets behind him that could be extremely detrimental to you. You must be cautious and on your

choice of words

if he had used the words “in the future” to exclude himself from any future

overwhelming sense of weakness that he couldn’t

and she shouted

wrong, Gwen?” Charles

opened the car door. “Something urgent came up. I’m afraid I won’t be able to make it to the dinner tonight. Let’s do it

“Gwen—”

words were cut off when Gwendolyn slammed the car

the roadside. After getting

Justin caught up to

even after Gwendolyn left;

rearview mirror and watched as Gwendolyn frantically ran

when Nico once again confidently entered

and Quinton emerged from the shadows when they

whole month’s worth of salary from me the

and serious. “I’m not here to play cards

other two exchanged a

the back of their

motionless figures on the ground impassively. As it turned out, tranquilizing them was much quicker and more

tranquilizer gun and stepped out from the shadows. “Nico, we can’t just leave them lying here, can we? Where should we hide

the ground, cupped his hands

there was still no sound or movement within the villa, nor was there any sign

“Never mind. Let’s go and check on

worried he would not be able to explain himself to Gwendolyn after this.

to find Maverick lying on the chaise lounge. The pool of

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